Notes taken from “Deine Zeugnisse – mein ewiges Erbe” by Alfred Christlieb, page 49.

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“Great hearts can only be made by great troubles.” – Spurgeon

There are two kinds of enemies.

There are enemies on the outside and there are enemies on the inside.

MOSES KILLED THE EGYPTIAN  (Exodus 2:12)

But about the enemies in his own heart he did nothing about.

THERE WAS ANGER IN HIS HEART.

Moses must have fallen into a rage and killed the man in a fit of temper. I remember reading that if people are making you angry that means that you are giving them control over you. Moses lost his temper. Is there not a saying that you can lose everything, except your temper?

THERE WAS IMPATIENCE IN HIS HEART.

Not long ago I learned that patience means to remain under the burden. I know that: “Lord, give me patience, but hurry,”  was written on a church sign. We need patience. “Patience, the ability to count down before blasting off.”

THERE WAS AMBITION IN HIS HEART

THERE WAS ARROGANCE AND PRIDE IN HIS HEART

“Great hearts can only be made by great troubles.” – Spurgeon

You must be familiar with the proverb: “Pride comes before the fall.”

Just to mention four of our enemies.

Let us remember:

Enemies on the inside are more dangerous than the enemies on the outside. If Moses would have fought the enemies on the inside he probably would not have killed the Egyptian.

He turned the order of God upside down in killing the man.